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As part of Project Texas[1], they've already been using Oracle's infrastructure.

> The central feature of Project Texas is our work with Oracle to isolate the TikTok services serving U.S. users within Oracle’s U.S. cloud environment as an additional safeguard. Although gateways to the storage infrastructure are strictly monitored and controlled, U.S. users of the TikTok platform can still communicate and interact with global users for a cohesive global experience.

[1]https://usds.tiktok.com/usds-about


True, but the original Steam was created for managing updates to Counter Strike and their anti-cheap system (VAC if memory serves me right). Also back when having a low WON ID (now SteamID) was a badge of honor (like having a low Slashdot account ID).


Sorry for the useless comment but I really like the idea of a „anti-cheap system“.

I will use it in my next presentation for shareholders. /s


I'm sure the behavioral economics people at Activision and EA trying to get kids to buy more cosmetics would have a lot to say about that...


Sounds like a recipe to become to the next Ted Kaczynski.


Just install Firefox, then noscript, and skip the bit about the shack.


Ted Kaczynski's views are pretty popular on Hackernews.


Too bad we won't see Uncle Ted give a TED Talk. :^(


VS Code isn't being discontinued for Mac - just Visual Studio.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/visual-studio-fo...


What do you use now that Dark Sky's APIs support has ended? Tomorrow.io's APIs seem interesting.

https://www.tomorrow.io/weather-api/


I am now using http://pirateweather.net/ it's not quite as good as DarkSky (They use less models for prediction) but they follow the DarkSky API design so if you invested in the DarkSky API it's easy to swap over. I just use it to display weather on a few devices around the house so nothing commercial, if you are just looking for a straight replacement for DarkSky's app they have http://merrysky.net/


I'm pretty sure DarkSky's API is now called WeatherKit https://developer.apple.com/weatherkit/. A quick googling tells me you can use it with Android apps as well


AerisWeather is another option https://www.aerisweather.com/develop/api/. Disclaimer, I just started working with these weather nerds. It's a great place though, with a product and company run by developers. I recommend if you are looking for lots of neat features or need accuracy.


for my specific use-case with my Arduino/K8s setup, I found a mix of OpenWeatherMap and the National Weather Service's API to be optimal. OpenWeatherMap for broader metrics and the NWS for hyperlocal data, especially when it came to certain severe weather alerts. But tomorrow.io looks pretty interesting, definitely worth a poc


From a security perspective, as someone who enjoys cooking as a hobby, I thought it would be interesting to use a tactic-by-technique perspective. You could visualize the tactics and techniques as a matrix of cooking techniques grouped by tactics moving from researching menus, procuring ingredients, preparing ingredients, to cutting/trimming techniques, to cooking/grilling/sauteing, to plating/presenting.


My gut says these processes are too context-dependent to easily express that way, and even making multiple matrices would require abstraction to the point of not being useful. But I'd have to chew on it for a while.


I mean they _do_ have VirusTotal to compare hashes to. It's obviously not fool-proof but it's an option.


Yubico makes a Yubikey with NFC, if you're interested.

https://www.yubico.com/products/yubikey-for-mobile/


Solokey is also available, I just got mine in the mail.

https://solokeys.com/collections/preorder/products/copy-of-s...


Not that it matters, but this was the submission that garnered, I believe, the most traction.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6547912

On topic: I was just mentioned this book to a coworker last week. I highly suggest Scott Adams' book How to Fail at Almost Anything and Still Win Big.


Apparently, there's no _true_ offset for extended hours of sitting[1]. There might be some science/studies behind smart watches urging you to stand for a couple of minutes every hour, however.

[1] https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/08/the-new-e...


A lot of people make a living sitting in a chair all day. What are we all supposed to do instead? The implications of this are pretty far-reaching.


> What are we all supposed to do instead?

Depends on how much you care and how able you are to compel yourself into action.

Almost every one of us reading this is in a position to abbreviate our work with physical activity at the very least. I just wager that most of us are too addicted to comfort to actually do anything about it in the face of the evidence. For example, we already know that a sedentary lifestyle is bad yet most people don't exercise.


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